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Commentary: Bottled Water for Dogs?
Bottled water — now considered an extravagance by many — remains a growing market in the United States and its newest economic niche seems to have taken the product to the height of indulgence: bottled water for dogs. Read more »
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World
California drought forces farmers to take extreme action
CALIFORNIA - In the midst of the worst drought in 15 years, California farmers are taking drastic measures to save their crops and their livelihoods, Bloomberg reports. Read more »
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Science+Tech
Frigid Future for Ocean in Saturn’s Moon
Enceladus, the sixth-largest moon of Saturn, may not be as wet and warm at its core as scientists had hoped. The tiny moon, whose diameter is roughly 500 km across, could fit in the length of the United Kingdom. Read more »
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Business
Water-starved California slows development
PERRIS, California - Building in Southern California is being halted for lack of water. Citing a 2001 law that requires at least a 20 year supply of fresh water for new developments, officials have begun denying, slowing, and challenging new housing tracks just east of Los Angeles. Read more »
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Arts
Images: Circle of Blue collaborator featured in National Geographic
Nearly a year after four mountain gorillas were carried out of the forest — shot and burned — photojournalist Brent Stirton’s photographs of the event are featured on the cover of the July 2008 National Geographic. Read more »
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Water Data
Graphic: Bottled water imports and exports
A new UN map highlights bottled water’s patterns of international trade. With France being the major exporter of bottled water, trade routes in Europe (between France, Germany, and Belgium) often involve intracontinental trade. The United States also imports a large quantity of water from France and Fiji. Read the story »
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Graphic: All the water in the world
A diagram, by Circle of Blue, illustrating just how little freshwater the world has to work with. If all the world’s water were to fit inside 100 glasses, the supply available to humanity would not fill three quarters of one glass. Read the story »
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UN map shows unsustainable agriculture irrigation worldwide
Unsustainable water withdrawals for irrigation on every continent are clearly illustrated in a map published by the United Nations Environment Programme. Read the story »
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Focus: China
Water crisis could collapse Chinese capital
BEIJING - Beijing’s water crisis is so critical that the city is facing economic collapse and the need to resettle part of its population in coming decades, a leading development policy group said Friday. Read the story »
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China: Chemical spill threatens water
BEIJING - A truck has overturned and spilt a powerful chemical into a river in southwestern China, threatening the drinking water of more than 200,000 people, the official Xinhua agency said on Monday. Read the story »
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China plans mass exodus from quake zone
MIANYANG, China - Chinese authorities have begun evacuating an additional 40,000 people in Beichuan county in the wake of potential flooding, CNN reports. While the total number of evacuees now stands at around 200,000, the number could rise to as much as 1.3 million in the event of mass flooding from that lakes that formed after the deadly earthquake. Read the story »
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T. Boone Pickens: Largest private U.S. water owner
Texas - Businessman T. Boone Pickens is buying water and lots of it. The 80 year-old king of the cooperate takeover, has set his sights on the twenty-first century’s new oil.
He plans to sell some 65 billion gallons of water a year to the Texas counties and municipalities lying south of his Mesa Vista ranch, where he’s secured the water-rights and become the largest private owner of water in the U.S.
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Source : BusinessWeek
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Despite promises, Sacramento tops U.S. daily average for water use
Sacramento, CA - Even after promising to reduce water consumption significantly in 2000, the majority Sacramento’s water regions failed to meet the 16 conservation goals set-up. Only one region met all the goals and collectively they failed meet even half the goals. Instead, water consumption in Sacramento actually increased in the last eight years, topping the U.S. national average for water use. Read the story »
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T. Boone Pickens: Largest private U.S. water ownerTexas - Businessman T. Boone Pickens is buying water and lots of it. The 80 year-old king of the cooperate takeover, has set his sights...
Aquatic canaries - using fish to test city waterTaipei, Taiwan - Singaporean scientists have developed a simple automated way to monitor city water supplies: use a computer to watch...
Lake Victoria beset by environmental problemsKisumu, Kenya - Lake Victoria, the largest freshwater lake in Africa, is shrinking, dropping some six feet in the last four years....
Despite promises, Sacramento tops U.S. daily average for water useSacramento, CA - Even after promising to reduce water consumption significantly in 2000, the majority Sacramento’s water regions...
New life for dry seaKOK ARAL, Kazakhstan - There is not a drop of water to be seen around the port of Aralsk — a silent testament to decades of...
California drought forces farmers to take extreme actionCALIFORNIA - In the midst of the worst drought in 15 years, California farmers are taking drastic measures to save their crops and...
Water crisis could collapse Chinese capitalBEIJING - Beijing’s water crisis is so critical that the city is facing economic collapse and the need to resettle part of its...
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Texas - Businessman T. Boone Pickens is buying water and lots...
Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA - As water shortages begin to seriously...
PERRIS, California - Building in Southern California is being...
NAIROBI, Kenya - At the 18th Annual World Economic Forum on Africa,...
Science + Tech
Aquatic canaries - using fish to test city waterTaipei, Taiwan - Singaporean scientists have developed a simple automated way to monitor city water supplies: use a computer to watch...
Lake Victoria beset by environmental problemsKisumu, Kenya - Lake Victoria, the largest freshwater lake in Africa, is shrinking, dropping some six feet in the last four years....
Despite promises, Sacramento tops U.S. daily average for water useSacramento, CA - Even after promising to reduce water consumption significantly in 2000, the majority Sacramento’s water regions...
New life for dry seaKOK ARAL, Kazakhstan - There is not a drop of water to be seen around the port of Aralsk — a silent testament to decades of...
California drought forces farmers to take extreme actionCALIFORNIA - In the midst of the worst drought in 15 years, California farmers are taking drastic measures to save their crops and...
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Commentary: Bottled Water for Dogs?Bottled water — now considered an extravagance by many — remains a growing market in the United States and its newest...
Opinion: Clock’s ticking on a state water dealWith California in its first official drought since the early ’90s, state legislatures are being called upon to act in order...
Water Sustainability Theme of Zaragoza World Expo ‘08Zaragoza, Spain - “Water and sustainable development” will be the theme of the Zaragoza World Expo this summer. The...
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Images: Circle of Blue collaborator featured in National GeographicNearly a year after four mountain gorillas were carried out of the forest — shot and burned — photojournalist Brent Stirton’s...
Pictures: Water, water, everywhereBOSTON - The importance of water in the lives of people worldwide is highlighted in a photo essay by the Boston Globe. Images from...
Bottlemania: exploring the culture of bottled waterIn a follow-up to her popular dive into America’s landfills, Garbage Land, enviromental author Elizabeth Royte explores America’s...
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Images: Circle of Blue collaborator featured in National GeographicNearly a year after four mountain gorillas were carried out of the forest — shot and burned — photojournalist Brent Stirton’s...
Circle of Blue multimedia news internshipInternship - Multimedia News Circle of Blue, the journalism and science project reporting the global freshwater crisis, seeks one or...
Water: tapping a strained supplyAs the US population continues to rise, a water crisis looms. Overuse, pollution, and infrastructure neglect all pose series risks...
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